Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-12-14
FOR FARM READERS.

BY carefully arranging and systematizing
the work Of tho season, the farmer may
obviatc tho necessity Of pushing work for
ward without regard 20 the condition Of the
soil
An ointment we'll adapted % hoof affco
tons Is made by melting together, at a low
hoat, equal parts Of wOod-tar and grease.
Stir thoroughly until cool Apply with a
brush.
A CERTAIN proportion Of apples would be
advantageous boz feeding pgs by preventing
constipation, thus keeping them healthy,
besides assisting Ia the digestion Of other
food. The apples should not be- very sour.
A mixture of sweet and sour works wen.
Tur trccs most Liable % II 10 or crack in
cold weather nrc the apple, cherry, plum,
boX-oidor, sugur maple, butternut iron
wood. white willow, oak and linden. Al
though not hiudranco 20 growth, this in
jury often results disastrOusly 10 fruit pro-
duction.
Is italy turkeys arc always fattencd with
walnuts. Thirty days before turkey is 20
be killed one wrluut is stuffed down his
throat Each dag hc ia given an additional
walnut, aud 0u thr twcnty-uinth day he has
twCufy-ulue NIIuuts. He Is then immense
~ flt
All corn feed for swine can not, in
Tho opinion OF competent authority, DO de-
pended on, as it Ia conductive % fevors
and ophcmics. Tho hog has a stomach
fitted to digest vegetables and animal
foods, and attention should be directed 20
this fact
WHEN farmers plant or SOW a crop, Il Is
usually with tho expectation that IL will di-
rUctly return q certain amount Of profit,
either by sale or by home consumption.
Tho side advantages 90 be derived from IL,
or It's OBJECT upon the land, arc not always
takcu sufficiently into account.
INV YoEE b. the first dairy State Of the
Union NoXt comes In order Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wiscon-
sin. In al these States, especially the
moro western ones, the improved breeds
ofmilk cattle have largely contributed 10
this extension OF dairying.
TnE fan and winter IS the time for accu-
mulating manure, because then the stock
Is mostly no home, is pcnned or housed ut
night and during inclcmcnt weather, and
there is plenty Of forage for them 10 con-
sumo. Warm, dry quarters, good pure
water, and plenty Of forage, arc the Vinter
essentials for the comfort OF stock and the
manufacture Of manure.
To KEEP tho soil ofthe farm in such con-
diuOn as not only 10 yield full and rcmuncr-
alive, but also cvcr-incrcasing crops, Is a
high standard 10 set up, but it should be
tho only standard Of good and thorough
farming. II is possible TO attain 10 this, for
some men have done it, and what one man
has done hundreds Of others, by equal en-
ergy and skill, may likewise do.
THE value OF good roads Is seldom fullyap-
prcciatcd They not only directlyincr the
value OF the land through which they pass,
IN the lesscning Of the cost Of placing its
produce upon the market, but indirectly
they serve "a "a stimulus 10 greater neat
ness In the arrangement and management
OF farms and buildings, and 10 the use Of
better methods In agriculture
GROUND oats, oats and barley, oats and
rye gruynd together, aud mixed in equal
weight with bran and little oil cake meal,
will mike a good pg-fccd, on which they
will grow rapidly Onc-fOurth pound OF
oilmcal por pig - enough When tho food
Is selected, lot It be mixed with one quart of
boiled clover hay. The pigs viii eat with
relish, and win have no Us OF stomach.
CoHS meal contains but very small per-
centago Of ash, and has not sufficient lime
and phosphorus acid 10 grow the bones Of
young animals, and Is deficient In nitrogen
20 grow the muscles, but has large per-
ccntago OF starch 10 lay on fat, and for a
mature animal that Is required simply to be
futtcnCd, corn meal stands at the head Of
the list Of our foods, but should be given in
very small quantity TO the young and grow
ing animal
There h too little care exercised, as a
rulc, in the wintcriuy Of seed corn. IL is
never safe % select sc1d In the spring from
the cribs. The corn Ia liable 20 more or less
heating, as every farmer knows. Corn
properly saved, every grain should ger
inmate, II 10 has boon well ripencd We
do not, and mover have advocated the Sc
lection Of unripc ears from the field tying
up and drying. While IL il "a fact that corn
30 saved viii terminate kindly, IL followed
mp, II will result In a gradual weakening Of
tho atamiun